> Those with a conservative mindset

I have.

> will think of humans as fundamentally flawed, misguided creatures

I do.

> that need to be contained and steered so they don’t veer of the path

No. When people are misguided that will even more apply to those in power and with weapons. The fact that I view everyone as likely misguided means nobody should have any say over the other.

The modern trend to frame conservatism and authoritarianism as "the same thing" is very bad and leads to the normalization of authoritarianism.